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MSR Related Financing Liabilities, at Fair Value
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]  
MSR Related Financing Liabilities, at Fair Value
Note 8 — MSR Related Financing Liabilities, at Fair Value
The following table presents MSR related financing liabilities carried at fair value which include pledged MSR liabilities recorded in connection with MSR transfers, subservicing retained, that do not qualify for sale accounting, and MSR excess servicing spread (ESS) financing liability carried at fair value pursuant to our election of the fair value option for risk management purposes.
Outstanding Balance
Borrowing TypeJune 30, 2026December 31, 2025
Pledged MSR liability, at fair value (1) (2)
$457.5 $573.2 
ESS financing liability, at fair value (3)
271.5 268.8 
Total MSR related financing liabilities, at fair value
$729.0 $842.0 
(1)MSRs transferred in transactions which do not qualify for sale accounting treatment. Until such time as the transaction qualifies as a sale for accounting purposes, we continue to recognize the MSRs and the related financing liability (referred as Pledged MSR liability) on our consolidated balance sheets, as well as the full amount of servicing fee collected as revenue and the servicing fee remitted as Pledged MSR liability expense in our consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of the Pledged MSR liability may differ from the fair value of the associated transferred MSR asset mostly due to the portion of ancillary income that is contractually retained by OMC or other contractual cash flows.
(2)Includes $80.6 million fair value and $6.8 billion UPB related to Rithm at June 30, 2026 subject to termination notice, of which approximately $3.4 billion UPB is expected to transfer upon the receipt of required consents - see below under “Rithm Transactions”.
(3)Consists of the obligation to remit to third parties a specified percentage of future servicing fee collections (excess servicing spread) on reference pools of mortgage loans, which we are entitled to as owner of the related MSRs. The servicing spread remittance is reported in Pledged MSR liability expense and fair value gains and losses of the ESS financing liability are reported in MSR valuation adjustments, net - See Note 9 – MSR Valuation Adjustments, Net.
The following table presents the activity of the MSR related financing liabilities, at fair value that are classified as Level 3 within the valuation hierarchy.
MSR related financing liabilities - Fair value
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2026202520262025
Beginning balance
$794.6 $835.5 $842.0 $846.9 
ESS issuances8.6 — 8.6 — 
MSR transfers
5.9 7.5 15.4 14.2 
ESS settlement (1)
— — (20.8)— 
Derecognition of financing liability (2) (3)
(105.9)(12.2)(123.1)(12.2)
Fair value (gain) loss
Changes in fair value due to inputs and assumptions 43.9 5.1 43.6 4.1 
Realization of cash flows
(18.1)(17.8)(36.7)(34.8)
Total fair value (gain) loss25.8 (12.7)6.9 (30.7)
Ending balance
$729.0 $818.1 $729.0 $818.1 
(1)On January 5, 2026 we completed a sale of certain owned MSRs, with subservicing retained with a UPB of $1.3 billion. The sale proceeds were used to settle the related outstanding ESS financing liability. Refer to Note 7 – Mortgage Servicing.
(2)On June 30, 2026, we derecognized $105.9 million of the Pledged MSR liability associated with other MSR capital partners with a UPB of $5.9 billion as MSR sale accounting criteria were met.
(3)On March 1, 2026, we derecognized a portion of the Rithm Pledged MSR liability with a UPB of $1.2 billion as MSR sale accounting criteria were met upon our transfer of title to the MSRs in connection with Rithm’s exercise of its termination right of the agreement with Onity disclosed below under “Rithm Transactions”.
The following table presents the Pledged MSR liability expense recorded in connection with MSR sale agreements that do not qualify for sale accounting (transferred MSR) and ESS financing liabilities.
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2026202520262025
Servicing fees collected on transferred MSRs
$26.6 $32.6 $58.5 $64.9 
Less: Subservicing fee retained by Onity
(4.4)(5.5)(9.5)(11.4)
Ancillary fee/income and other settlement (including expense reimbursement)3.4 2.9 6.4 5.2 
Transferred MSR net servicing fee remittance25.6 30.0 55.4 58.8 
ESS servicing spread remittance12.6 13.0 25.4 26.1 
Pledged MSR liability expense$38.2 $43.0 $80.8 $84.9 
Three Months Ended March 31,
Rithm Transactions
Starting in 2012, Onity and OMC entered into agreements to sell MSRs and the related servicing advances to Rithm, for which OMC has been retained as subservicer. Since December 31, 2023, we have accounted for the relationships in two ways: (i) as an MSR transfer that does not qualify for sale accounting for a UPB of $6.8 billion which are referred to as Rights to MSRs (RMSR) and accounted for as a secured borrowing, with $80.6 million MSR and associated Pledged MSR liability on our consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2026; and (ii) as subservicing agreements for a UPB of $1.2 billion (UPB balances as of June 30, 2026).
The RMSR agreement and subservicing agreements were subject to automatic one-year renewals, subject to advance notice of termination. On October 31, 2025, we were notified by Rithm of its intent not to renew its subservicing agreements effective January 31, 2026. The termination is for convenience and not for cause. The servicing transfer to Rithm’s own servicing platform began in the first quarter of 2026 with the transfer of $1.2 billion RMSR UPB and $0.6 billion subservicing UPB on March 1, 2026. During the second quarter of 2026, we transferred an additional $21.2 billion of subservicing UPB (also refer to Note 23 – Subsequent Events).
The transfer of the remaining $6.8 billion UPB of the RMSR agreement is subject to the receipt of necessary consents from trustees and others, the timing and success of which are uncertain. As of June 30, 2026, Rithm and Onity do not expect consents to be received with respect to approximately $3.4 billion of the remaining UPB. Upon exercise of its termination right of the RMSR agreement, Rithm had the option of seeking (i) the transfer of the MSRs through a sale to a third party of its Rights to MSRs (together with a transfer of Onity’s title to those MSRs) or (ii) a substitute RMSR arrangement that substantially replicates the Rights to MSRs structure under which we would transfer title to the MSRs to a successor servicer and Rithm would continue to own the economic rights and obligations related to the MSRs. In the case of option (i), we have a purchase option as specified in the RMSR Agreements. Because Rithm did not sell the Rights to MSRs or establish a substitute RMSR arrangement with another servicer with respect to the full UPB subject to the RMSR agreement, Rithm had the right, for a period of 120 days following the effective date of termination, to revoke its termination notice and re-instate the applicable servicing addendum or to establish a subservicing arrangement whereby the MSRs remaining subject to the RMSR Agreements would be transferred to up to three subservicers who would subservice under Onity’s oversight subject to an oversight fee and reimbursement of expenses. Rithm did not exercise its right to revoke its termination notice within 120 days. Rithm and Onity are presently negotiating the terms under which Onity will continue to service the approximately $3.4 billion of UPB presently subject to the RMSR agreement that the parties do not expect to receive consent to transfer.
MSR Capital Partner Transactions
OMC entered into agreements to sell MSR portfolios to different third parties, referred to as MSR capital partners, on a bulk and flow basis, for which OMC has been retained as subservicer. While MSR legal title has transferred to the MSR capital partners, the transactions do not qualify for sale accounting treatment primarily due to the termination restrictions of the subservicing agreements. Accordingly, we continue to report the MSR and an associated Pledged MSR liability on our consolidated balance sheets.